Snow

#eae4e4

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for snow, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Snow is a pale red that reads gentle. Pale reds like this show up in wedding stationery and soft brand marks. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Snow color values

Every conversion for #eae4e4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#eae4e4
RGB234, 228, 228
HSL0, 12%, 91%
HSV0, 3%, 92%
CMYK0%, 3%, 3%, 8%
Lab91.04, 2.03, 0.71
XYZ75.68, 78.58, 84.58
Decimal15394020
Web safe#ffcccc
Pantone5315 C
Pantone5315 CHex#eae4e4Rgb234 228 228Cmyk0 3 3 8Lab91 2 1Darker#ac9494Deep#cbbcbcLighter#f1eeee

Shades of snow

Tints of snow

Colors that go with snow

Snow in print

In print it lays down as a whisper of ink, so keep it off small text where it can vanish. The cmyk build is 0, 3, 3, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #eae4e4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 3 3 8
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 7 7 14
The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Snow in css

Copy #eae4e4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #eae4e4; }
.text { color: #eae4e4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #eae4e4; }

How snow looks on light and dark

Snow and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #eae4e4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
1.26:1
AAfail · AA largefail · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
16.72:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAApass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #eae4e4 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Snow on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #eae4e4 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness card
Sticker
Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around snow? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn snow into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #eae4e4 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from snow, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #eae4e4 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.